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STANDEFER v. THOMPSON

No. 90-2127.

939 F.2d 161 (1991)

Dennis STANDEFER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas G. THOMPSON, Individually and doing business as Columbus-America Discovery Group, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee, and John Does 1-10, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Mills, argued, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va. (C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Jesse M. Suit, III, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., Tim Murphy, Eureka, Cal., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert W. Traffor, argued, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, Richard T. Robol, argued, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Va. (Robert J. Nordstrom, Jean Y. Teteris, William J. Kelly, Jr., Curtis A. Loveland, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, Robert M. Tate, Philip N. Davey, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

OPINION

HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Dennis Standefer, contends that a preliminary contract entitles him to a share of the wealth produced by the efforts of appellee. The district court concluded that the professed contract never became an enforceable agreement because the parties' contractual obligations were subject to a "condition precedent," the formation of a joint venture with another party, which never materialized. We agree with appellees...

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